I kept my old mess kit that I was issued from my last unit in Panama in the early 1990s made in 1967 when I was born. I keep it part of my emergency gear in my truck for road trip camping. I love it. ❤❤❤. Boiling hot dogs or making ramen noodles works perfectly. ❤❤❤

There's a few other very similar but different models also. I have a 1942 that's an in between of what you have. Some variants may also be due to manufactures for the military.

Loop goes on the other end of the landle.

The interwar lid is not a casting. You can't roll an edge on a casting. All the "hulls" of the mess kits are stampings. Source. I own all these mess kits and a few others and work as a metalworker and fabricator. Early ww2 are zinc plated galvanized then switching to stainless later on. Other than that you are correct. Nice video.

cool video. thanks. I have a 1910 in all the correct dementions but it's stamped 1918. U.S. WSC 1918

My mess tin handle o that’s u.s. on it it is like your 4th one but only has a u.s. on the handle does anyone know what year it is or if it isn’t ww2?

Is it true that M1932 mess kits are hard to find in general?

still waiting on delivery of ww1 kit. it's stuck in Sydney tracking says.

That handle was not “cast” steel.” In fact there’s no such animal as cast steel. It was pressed steel.

Good job editing no orange I love the vids not being rude when I talk about the Orangey color

Yer Videos are cool, I have the newest one